Little Snitch Alternatives

Little Snitch is described as 'Firewall tool for monitoring, controlling, and alerting on outgoing network connections, with real-time user notifications and customizable rule-based access control' and is a very popular Firewall in the network & admin category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Little Snitch for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPhone apps. The best Little Snitch alternative is Wireshark, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Little Snitch are Portmaster, GlassWire, LuLu and Fort Firewall.

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  1. Tiny Shield icon
     7 likes

    Monitors all network activity on Mac, blocks specific domains, websites, or entire apps, shows hostnames instead of IPs, supports DNS over HTTPS, provides traffic charts, uses fast system extension, developer-friendly, one-time purchase with no subscription required.

    16 Tiny Shield alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  2. AFWall+ icon
     41 likes

    Firewall (iptables frontend), based on DroidWall which is no longer being developed. A paid "donate"-version with more features it advertised within the app.

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    • Android
     
  3. As soon as you’re connected to the Internet, your apps can send whatever they want to wherever they want, unnoticed by you, because all of this happens invisibly under the hood.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  4.  28 likes

    Ufw stands for Uncomplicated Firewall, and is program for managing a netfilter firewall. It provides a command line interface and aims to be uncomplicated and easy to use.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  5. Lockdown Privacy is an Open Source and free firewall for your iOS device. We built the product to help protect users from app developers and analytics companies that are monetizing user data without consent or transparency.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  6. Firewalld icon
     4 likes

    Firewalld provides a dynamically managed firewall with support for network/firewall zones that define the trust level of network connections or interfaces. It has support for IPv4, IPv6 firewall settings, ethernet bridges and IP sets.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  7. FireWally icon
     6 likes

    FireWally is a free firewall app for Mac, powered by Apple Intelligence and designed for anyone who wants to take full control of their online activity.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  8. Provides two-way firewall protection by blocking unauthorized network access, detecting intrusions, hiding devices from threats, stopping viruses, spyware, and data theft, offering real-time alerts, customizable rules, and simple setup with light system impact.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
     
  9. Firewalla icon
     Like

    Firewalla is a vital security addition to every home and small business with network and IoT devices.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android
     
  10.  4 likes

    Receive notifications whenever a new program connects to the network, or when it's modified

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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  11. Enables per-application network monitoring with instant notifications, detailed logging, multiple predefined security zones, blocking of zero-day malware and telemetry, support for portable use, remote management, IPv6 networks, and flexible LAN connectivity settings.

    26 Windows 11 Firewall Control alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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